Tech
April 2016: ‘A Changeable Marketplace’
Anthony discusses the need to be agile, especially in changing marketplaces with constantly shifting regulatory regimes.
Reg AT: A Source (Code) of Contention
Regulation Automated Trading was created to protect market integrity and update the CFTC’s rules as algorithmic trading proliferates. There are many areas where there’s consensus agreement as to the benefits of this proposed regulation, but Anthony…
Max Bowie: Data ‘Sandboxes’: Learning Through Play
Like the sandboxes of childhood, today’s developer “sandbox” environments promote innovation through experimentation—thankfully, Max says, just as in those carefree childhood days, without the fees and administrative burden usually associated with data…
Michael Shashoua: Seeking Smarter Applications
Compliance technology and artificial intelligence make more inroads among financial data management operations, with opposite levels of disruption to the industry, Michael writes.
John Brazier: The Buy Side Has Never Had It So Good
The buy side has plenty of options for bond trading, it's a matter of making the right decisions.
Eurex Clearing To Offer ‘Direct Contractual Relationship' to Buy-Side Participants
This arrives ahead of the June deadline for the clearing obligation of standardized OTC derivatives in Europe.
Warburg Pincus Adds Nadler with Focus on Tech, Software & Info Services
Warburg Pincus has more than $40 billion in private equity assets under management.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 11: Future of Exchanges, Bussmann Departure, Apple-FBI Closure
The guys look at how trading venues have evolved, what's in store for the former UBS CIO and the fallout from the end of the Apple-FBI battle.
Scotiabank Invests $2.3 Million to Create Digital Banking Lab at Ivey Business School
Brian Porter, president and CEO of Scotiabank, makes announcement during keynote address at university.
Markit Releases Solution for CRS Requirements
Tool built off Markit's Fatca framework.
Carrhae Capital expands its use of Eze Software’s OMS
The hedge fund manages roughly $1 billion in assets.
Bussmann Departs as CIO of UBS, Lehmann to Temporarily Replace
Social media and blockchain advocate resigns from Swiss bank to pursue external opportunities.
Know Your Vendor: The Risky Business of Third-Party Relationships
Dan discusses a recent feature looking at how firms deal with vendor risk.
Principal Global Investors Taps Eagle for IBOR Solution
Asset manager to replace legacy systems with Eagle's portfolio accounting solution to create a global IBOR.
Axioma’s Cushey Discusses How New Risk Features Will Help Portfolio Managers
Mark Cushey gives specific examples as to how users will benefit from the company’s most recent upgrade.
Axioma Enhances its Risk Suite
Axioma has added new functionalities to its Axioma Portfolio Analytics and Risk Model Machine offerings.
Fidessa OMS Offers Users ATG's Brazilian Algos
Algos hosted in Equinix data centers close to the BM&FBovespa exchange.
Digital Asset, DTCC Partner for US Repo Distributed Ledger Development
Parties sign agreement of understanding to develop distributed ledger proof-of-concept for US repo market.
Treasury Management Nears Move Towards Electronification
TD Bank executive breaks down current landscape in the US commercial payments space.
Adequately Agile: Capital Markets Firms Embrace Agile Methodology
While the Agile software development methodology has been around since the mid-90s, it’s really only been in the last few years that capital markets firms have started to embrace various aspects of its Manifesto.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 19-25
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Barclays Point Fixed-Income Users Worry About Bloomberg Port Conversion
A recent survey found that the fixed-income community has major concerns about the sunsetting of Barclays' Point platform.
Grappling with Vendor Risk Rules
Vendors in the financial services industry rarely make the headlines unless the news is bad. And in 2015, the news was often catastrophically bad. By Steve Marlin
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 10: Markit-IHS Merger, FIA Boca
Dan and Anthony look at the Markit-IHS merger and recap Anthony's trip to FIA Boca.